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QRO THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE PALOS VERDES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
AUGUST 2011
We’re at the Pt. Vicente
Lighthouse on <strong>August</strong> 19-21 for
International Lighthouse &
Lightship Weekend.
All club members and their
families/guests are cordially invited to
our annual Lighthouse picnic on
Sunday, <strong>August</strong> 21, noon to 3:00 pm.

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Our President Returns from the Baltic Zone; Check Out
Our 2011 Field Day Results Submitted to the ARRL
By Jeff Wolf, K6JW
PVARC President
Rowie and I recently returned from a 12-day
Baltic cruise that left from Dover and had port
stops in Germany, Estonia, Russia, Finland,
Sweden, and Denmark.
I had permission from the Captain of Holland
America’s MS Eurodam to operate my little
Elecraft KX1 from the ship while at sea, and
would have been signing as PA/K6JW/MM if I
had had the time to operate at all. Somehow,
though, the time got filled and, for the first time
in many vacations, I didn’t operate at all.
My little operating dry spell ended as soon as we
got home, however, as I chased and caught
Southern Sudan, Ascension Island and several
other nice DX prizes in band conditions that, if
not terrific, have at least been fair and variable.
As I frequently say both in my columns and at
Club meetings, get on the air – there are
stations to be worked!
I promised that I’d present our Field Day results
in this column. Many of you are not familiar
with what goes into a FD submission to the
League, so what follows is a copy of this year’s
online submission form for your perusal.
Fog rolling into PVARC’s trailer tower at Ridgecrest
Intermediate School during Field Day 2011.
PHOTO: MATT ORLICH, WA6AJC
Please note that I submitted by snail mail all
necessary, relevant supporting data for claimed
bonus points, including my personal copy of the
ARRL’s FD CW bulletin from the Friday afternoon
20 meter transmission, identification
information for the elected officials who visited
the site, photos of our information brochures at
the VHF/UHF station, verification of our
operation at a public site, and a copy of web
publicity for our operation.
Now, here’s the form that was submitted to the
League:
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2011 Field Day Entry Form
Datestamp: 2011-06-29 16:22:30 PDT
Confirmation: ab87ddfe95aa7fc7
Thanks for using the web to submit your 2011 ARRL Field Day entry. Print this page
to use as proof that you submitted your entry.
Call Used:K6PV GOTA Station Call:(none) ARRL/RAC Section:LAX Class:2A
Participants:21
Club/Group Name: <strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong> Amateur Radio Club
Power Source(s): Generator
Power Multiplier: 2X
Bonus Points:
Description
Points
100% Emergency power 200
Media Publicity 100
Set-up in Public Place 100
Information Booth 100
W1AW Field Day Message 100
Site Visit by invited elected official 100
Submitted via the Web 50
Total Bonus Points 750
Score Summary:
CW
Digital Phone Total
Total QSOs 715 0 441
Total Points 1430 0 441 1871 Claimed Score = 3,742
Submitted by:
Jeffrey Wolf, K6JW
42 Peninsula Center Drive, #400
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
E-mail: k6jw@arrl.net
Comments:
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Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
CW Digital Phone
QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W)
160m
80m 6 100 10 100
40m 179 100 17 100
20m 203 100 198 100
15m 256 100 58 100
10m 71 100 18 100
6m 108 100
2m 18 50
1.25 14 20
Other
Satellite
GOTA
Total 715 0 441
Supporting Documentation Required
Based on your selections, the ARRL expects to receive supporting documentation:
via mail to: Field Day, ARRL, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 USA
Your entry was e-mailed to: fieldday@arrl.org with a copy to k6jw@arrl.net
Version: 1.20
Revision Date: June 21, 2011
Copyright © 2004-2011 American Radio Relay League, Inc., All Rights Reserved
Web form by WA7BNM
So, maybe next year one of you can take this task off my hands???
Remember: HAMCON is coming 9/9-11. Be sure to be there for the fun!
73 es gud DX,
Jeff, K6JW •

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Monthly Program Notes from Our Vice President
By Bob Sylvest, AB6SY
PVARC Vice President
I’d like to say a big thanks again, on behalf of
the Club, to the members who presented
their stations and stories at the last meeting.
Curtis Jones, AE6CJ, showed his very neat
home and mobile installations for both HF and
VHF/UHF. He’s really a FT1000 devotee. (Too
bad about the big hill!)
Bob Closson, W6HIP brought his entire selfbuilt
first station and some later add-ons. He
even brought along his first volt-ohm meter,
which, along with many other Heathkit
builders, he also built from a kit.
Brian Tilley, KA6UHM, showed his racks of
radio gear and test equipment. Many of his
measuring and monitoring devices were self
built, and the neat antenna tuner was also
designed and built by him. An added bonus
was a look at his solar panel system and the
jaw-dropping low utility bill he manages with
it.
An
We will pick up this “Show and Tell” theme
after the <strong>August</strong> break for Lighthouse
Weekend and the Club picnic. In September,
we will hear from Mel and Doris Hughes, Bill
Harper, Joe Pace, Ray Day, and possibly
others. There will be more on the September
meeting in the next QRO.
For future programs, we’re working on the
following topics: DSP (digital signal
processing), amateur TV, and a special session
on “Care and Feeding of Your HT”
To keep those home-brew juices flowing in the
meantime, you’ll find below a circuit and an
antenna. See if you can identify what they are
before looking at the answers. •
Any ideas what these are? (Answers on page 8)
Dale Hanks, N6NNW, recounted the lowering,
maintenance and re-raising of his crank-up
antenna mast. Dale’s is the model for which
the rotor is fitted at ground level, and the
entire mast rotates. Good thing he didn’t
have to drop the tower over the swimming
pool.
And special thanks to Dan Colburn, W6DC, for
a great story of helpful ham links from his
airline pilot’s seat high over Europe to his
wife’s hospital room in Torrance through the
aid of a relay ham in Boston, who, it turned
out, was also a doctor and a pilot. We also
enjoyed the bunny stories (you had to be
there).
CW tent
Yes, it’s a VW van--but what’s on the roof?
PHOTO: KENNETH HIRSCHBERG, K6HPX

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Lighthouse Weekend at Pt. Vicente is <strong>August</strong> 19 th – 21 st
By Joe Pace, NZ6L
Lighthouse Weekend and our summer picnic are just
around the corner, beginning Friday <strong>August</strong> 19th at
5PM and culminating with our annual picnic on the
Pt. Vicente grounds at noon on Sunday the 21st!
Please let me know if you would like to bring a
favorite dish or other items to share, pace@nz6l.net.
New this year: We will also be grilling Veggie
Burgers, in addition to our usual grilled chicken,
hamburgers, and hot dogs (all provided by our club).
If you would like to operate on HF bands at the
lighthouse event or would like additional information
about the lighthouse operation, please contact Bob
Closson, 6hip@dslextreme.com.
A few ideas of things to bring for our picnic are:
Sliced Tomatoes, lettuce, onions;
Macaroni Salad, Green Salad,
Vegetable Salad, Potato Salad, Coleslaw;
Baked Beans; Snacks (nuts, party mix)
Small fruits (grapes, cherries); Bread and Butter
Pickles; Pepperoncinis or other items that might go
well with grilled sandwiches
We do need volunteers for gate keeping from 12:30-
3:00PM and several more easy-up canopies.
Please ask any guests arriving separately to let the
gatekeeper know they are with your name/callsign.
As in the past, pets and alcohol are forbidden on the
property due to Coast Guard regulations, and we are
required to stay away from the residence buildings
and helipad so as not to interfere with the residents
or USCG operations.
Hope to see you and your families there! •
Haven’t been to a PVARC Lighthouse Weekend and Members’ Picnic?
Pt. Vicente
Lighthouse
PVARC
Picnic
Area
Parking
Area
Walk through
Gate
Take exit
labeled,
“Pt. Vicente
Interpretive
Center”.
The Pt.
Vicente
Lighthouse
and grounds
as seen from
space.
BASE PHOTO:
GOOGLE®
EARTH

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Lighthouse Weekend: 423+ Worldwide Locations in 2011
The objectives of
International
Lighthouse & Lightship
Weekend are to
promote public
awareness and
preservation needs of
these unique facilities,
to promote amateur
radio, and to foster
International goodwill.
This year’s 423
registered Lighthouse
Weekend locations as
of <strong>August</strong> 13 th (some
more expected) even
include one lighthouse
each in landlocked
Austria and Switzerland
on lakes. Last year 447
lighthouses ultimately
registered.
Although Lighthouse
Weekend is not a
contest, we hope to
contact as many
lighthouses as possible
from Pt. Vicente. •
Lighthouses Registered
for ILLW 2011
Argentina 8
Australia 63
Austria 1
Azerbaijan 1
Azores 1
Belgium 4
Brazil 1
Canada 13
Chile 10
Croatia 2
Denmark 3
England 35
Finland 10
France 1
Germany 50
Gibraltar 1
Honduras 1
India 1
Indonesia 1
Ireland 6
Isle of Man 1
Italy 8
Lebanon 3
Malaysia 3
Mexico 2
#
Lighthouses Registered
for ILLW 2011
Namibia 1
Netherlands 20
New Caledonia 1
New Zealand 10
Norway 2
Northern Ireland 4
Panama 1
Philippines 1
Poland 3
Portugal 9
Puerto Rico 3
Romania 2
Russia 1
St. Lucia 1
Scotland 15
South Africa 16
Spain 3
Sweden 17
Switzerland 1
Thailand 1
Turkey 3
Ukraine 1
United States 68
Uruguay 1
Wales 7
#
Official logo of ILLW 2011.
Photo of St. <strong>August</strong>ine, FL, Lighthouse © GARY MARTIN
Worldwide Total: 423

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE
PALOS VERDES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
IN 2011
Jerry Shaw, KI6RRD
Barbara Shaw, KI6STY
Jeremy Shaw, KI6SUA
Malin Dollinger, KJ6HUB
Stephen Barlock, KC6EID
Sheldon Lawrence, KI6ATA
Dennis Bales, KJ6PLM
Robert Grotz, KJ6OQU
Eric Siess, W6EWS
Mike Caulfield, AF6VT
Vickie Ruch, N6SKY
Rhon Williams, KJ6IRJ
Answers to “what are they” on page 5:
This is a Low pass filter (7-element Chebyshev)
that rolls off at 30 MHz. If you said it was a filter,
you get 90% credit. Hopefully the engineers in
our group got this right!
Really: It’s a 40-
meter “portable”
magnetic loop
antenna.
PHOTO: KENNETH
HIRSCHBERG, K6HPX
Commentary
Coaxing All That Coax and Wire
into Indoor “Stealth” Mode
By Diana Feinberg, AI6DF
Long-time CBS “60 Minutes” commentator Andy
Rooney is brilliant at finding issues, whether trivial
or real, to fuel his crankiness. Too bad he never
became a ham radio operator--he would have
plenty more to ponder.
Allow me to assume Andy’s curmudgeonly voice
and ask, “What is it about ham radio that attracts
such a mess of wires in ham shacks?”
The ham community has long expounded on
external appearances and “stealthier” antennas
due to zoning or homeowner association rules. But
we’ve had little talk about the “rat’s nest” of wiring
so often visible indoors. No doubt that’s why so
many ham shacks (in photos) appear relegated to
attics, basements, or outbuildings.
Unlike many Midwest and Eastern U.S. homes with
full-house basements and multi-room attics under
high-pitched roofs, we’re generally stuck using
prime living space or closets for California ham
shacks.
Andy Rooney would undoubtedly be wondering
why cables and wires are allowed to show behind
our ham desks with such nice equipment on top.
Marketers promoting vanity have cleverly
convinced us it’s important to worry whether our
underwear shows lines beneath our clothes, yet no
one has said a hoot about the maze of radio wire
lines often showing underneath our desks.
***
I’ve been guilty of having unsightly visible cable
lines (and no offense to any other PVARC member,
whether your wires are showing or not). But here
are some of my solutions for “stealthier” and
reduced interior ham radio wiring.
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Does your operating position have more
visible wiring than these?
Coaxing All That Coax and Wire…
Continued from previous page
First and most obvious: cut all cables and wires to only a
tad more than the exact length needed. As most know,
cables incur voltage drops or signal attenuation with
length. Shorten the 12-foot power supply cable that
came with your radio if you don’t need all of it.
Second, do you really need ALL those radios and
computers in one shack? If so, find ways to efficiently
share their respective peripheral components.
Third, make metal “raceways” behind/under desks to
route cables and wires out of sight, as well as providing
additional shielding.
Fourth, use more 90-degree coax connectors and forget
about the small insertion losses that result. You’ll use
less coax around corners or behind the desk.
Fifth, use PowerPoles® or comparable DC connectors to
eliminate nearly all your wall-wart transformers (and
multi-outlet AC power strips) for those low-draw ham
devices. I am a huge fan of PowerPoles; getting the
crimper tool to make them was well worth it.
Finally, when all else fails, there’s the path of least
resistance: just put a panel behind the desk or shelves
and hide nearly all the cables through cut-out openings.
PHOTOS: EHAM.NET (TOP LEFT); W4LGH.COM (ALL OTHERS).
So back to Andy Rooney’s would-be question, “What is it
about ham radio that attracts such a mess of wires in
ham shacks?” I hear the stopwatch ticking...and that’s it
for another edition of “60 Minutes”. •

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The ARRL Southwest Division Convention is Here Next
Month; Can You Help At Our Information Desk?
Raffle Tickets are $2.00
each for a chance to win
these Major Prizes at
HAMCON 2011
(Tickets available at the
convention)
• Elecraft K3 HF+6M transceiver
• Kenwood TS-590 HF+6M
transceiver
• Yaesu VX-8DR HT enhanced
transceiver with APRS/GPS
• Seven-night stay at 8050
Private Residence Club,
Mammoth Mountain, CA
• Comet CAA-500 1.8-500 MHz
SWR/Impedance Analyzer
We hope to see many PVARC members during HAMCON
2011, the ARRL Southwest Division’s Convention, at the
Torrance Marriott Hotel during September 9-11.
If you or friends/relatives wish to stay at the Torrance
Marriott during the convention at HAMCON’s discounted
room rates, please note the correct Hotel Reservation
Code. On Marriott’s website and 1-800 phone
reservation system the Hotel Reservation Code to use is:
HAMHAMA . The hotel reservation code “HAMCON”
previously shown in HAMCON’s ads and announcements
only applied for reservations phoned directly to the
Torrance Marriott.
More speakers were recently added to Friday afternoon’s
Tech-Talks line-up. You can check the entire speaker list
at: http://www.hamconinc.org/tech-talks/tech-talks.html
HAMCON has great raffle prizes for this year’s ARRL SW
Convention, divided into “Major Prizes” and numerous
“Periodic Prizes” (see list of “Major Prizes” at left.)
We thank the 17 PVARC members who have already
volunteered to staff our Information Desk during
HAMCON. Three time slots on Sunday morning remain to
be filled (8:00-10:00 am and two during 10:00-Noon),
plus one 5:00-7:00 pm slot on Saturday. Let Diana,
AI6DF, know if you can help during one of these time slots
(dfeinberg@att.net). We have plenty of information
ready to dispense regarding the convention, the hotel,
nearby restaurants, and nearby services. •
Also save the date for our Holiday Dinner: It’s December 14, 2011
PVARC’s annual Holiday Dinner will be on Wednesday, December 14 th , at a new venue: the Ports
O’Call Restaurant in San Pedro. We’ll have more details beginning in next month’s QRO.
For the same cost per person as last year, the Ports O’Call dinner buffet will have three main entrees
(vs. two last year), more vegetables, and five salads (vs. one last year.) •

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03 JAN 2011
PALOS VERDES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Weekly Club Nets:
All members and guests are invited to
check-in to our Club net every Tuesday
at 7:30 pm on the K6PV repeater,
447.120 MHz (-), PL 100.0.
Monthly No-Host Dinners:
Prior to each month’s General Meeting,
join club members (and often our
speaker) at 5:30 pm for a No-Host dinner
at the Red Onion Restaurant, 736 Silver
Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates.
Upcoming 2011 Events:
<strong>August</strong> 19 st -21 nd – Lighthouse Weekend
<strong>August</strong> 21 nd – Summer Picnic at Pt. Vicente
September 5 th – Conquer the Bridge Run
September 9th-11th – HAMCON 2011
September 18 th –Concours d’Elegance
September 21 th – General Meeting
September 24 th – RAT Beach Bike Tour
October 19 th – General Meeting
November 16 th – GeneralMeeting
December 14 nd – Holiday Dinner, Ports O’Call
Restaurant, San Pedro

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PVARC Public Service Report
RHE “Hills Are Alive 10K/5K” Recap
On Saturday, 14 <strong>August</strong>, many operators provided
radio communications for the 30 th Rolling Hills
Estates 10K & 5K event. There were over 400
runners for the two events; a couple of runners had
ankle issues during the run, but they were OK.
This event takes place almost entirely on horse trails
in Rolling Hills Estates, plus one mile of paved road
through the Botanical Gardens and a dirt road in the
Land Fill. The horse trails make the “sweeper”
function a bit of a challenge which Melody, KI6SPA,
and Richard, KJ6CBA, handled for us on their horses.
The amateur operators supporting this year’s event
were: Denzel,KG6QWJ; Mike, N6DBS; Herb,
KM6DD; Lovell, KI6VZS; Steve KI6TEQ; Joe, NZ6L;
Matthew N6MDC; Robin, KI6VSH; Curtis, KI6KUK;
Herb, KO6RC; John, WW6WW; Jay, KI6VFY;
Melody, KI6SPA; Richard, KJ6CBA; Cynthia, KJ6GPG;
and the net control--Walt, K1DFO.
<strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong> Amateur Radio Club
An American Radio Relay League Affiliated-Club
Board of Directors:
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Past President
Directors:
Appointed Offices:
Interim QRO Editor
Asst. to Editor
Webmaster
Club Librarian
VE Coordinator
VE Liaison
LAACARC Rep
Yahoo PVARC Group
Moderator
Jeff Wolf, K6JW
Bob Sylvest, AB6SY
Diana Feinberg, AI6DF
Chuck McCown, K6CTM
Joe Pace, NZ6L
Clay Davis, AB9A
Mel Hughes, K6SY
Diana Feinberg, AI6DF
Paige Omoto, KI6MAH
John Freeman, WW6WW
Bryant Winchell, W2RGG
Dave Scholler, KG6BPH
Diana Feinberg, AI6DF
Joe Pace, NZ6L
Daniel Yang, K6DPY
Contacts:
Interim QRO Editor: 310-544-2917, ai6df@arrl.net
Webmaster: 310-541-6971, jrfree@cox.net
If it sounds like fun, join the group next year on
Saturday, 11 <strong>August</strong>, 2012.
Radio Operators Needed for “Conquer
the Bridge” Race on Labor Day
The “Conquer the Bridge” 5-mile race on Monday,
Sept. 5, across the Vincent Thomas Bridge over Los
Angeles Harbor has come back to the PVARC this
year. The race starts at Harbor and 5 th in San Pedro.
If you’d like to work this event, contact Walt, K1DFO
at walt.ordway@yahoo.com. The uniqueness of
crossing the Vincent Thomas Bridge on foot creates a
high degree of spirit among this race’s 2,000+
runners and walkers. •
PVARC Treasurer’s Report, 08-03-2011
PVARC General Fund $2,408.37
John Alexander Fund $997.00
Repeater Fund $1,251.86
Total Bank Balance $4, 657.23
2011 Membership
to-date 140
Email us: k6pv@arrl.net
Website: www.palosverdes.com/pvarc
Mailing Address:
<strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong> Amateur Radio Club
PO Box 2316
<strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong> Peninsula, CA 90274-8316
Monthly Meetings:
Third Wednesday (except <strong>August</strong> and December) at
7:30 pm at Fred Hesse Park, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd.,
Rancho <strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong>, CA. Visitors always welcome.
Club Repeaters (Open):
K6PV, 447.120 MHz (-), PL 100.0, CTCSS
PV-West, 449.980 MHz (-), PL 173.8, CTCSS
To order a Club badge:
Karen Freeman, KG6BNN, 310-541-6971
To order a Club jacket or patch:
Dave Scholler, KG6BPH, 310-373-8166
QRO is published monthly by the <strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong> Amateur
Radio Club, ©2011, all rights reserved.
For permission to reprint please contact PVARC at:
k6pv@arrl.net
Front page photo: Pt. Vicente Lighthouse in summer by
Diana Feinberg, AI6DF

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PVARC’s amateur radio license courses taught by Walt Ordway, K1DFO, will be
on vacation during the summer months. Walt’s next classes start on September
24th. Please tell your friends, neighbors, and family members.
Two Amateur Radio Courses
FCC “Technician” course (entry level)
FCC “General” course (2 nd level)
Each course is 2 sessions
The 2 sessions are on 24 September & 1 October 2011
Technician 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM both Saturdays
General 2:15 PM to 5:00 PM both Saturdays
FCC tests will be 10 AM to noon on 8 October 2011
The location is Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho <strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong>
- No pre-registration required -
- No fee for either course -
- Taking the FCC Test is $15 -
Optional Material
- Gordon West book with all the FCC test questions,
$22 for the Technician and $22 for the General -
- Copy of my Power Point charts,
$18 for the Technician and $18 for the General -
For courses sponsored by the <strong>Palos</strong> <strong>Verdes</strong> Amateur Radio
Club, students thru grade 12 who pass their examination at a
PVARC VE session will, upon application to the Club, be
eligible for reimbursement up to a maximum of $50 to cover the
cost of materials and the examination fee.
For more information contact Walt, K1DFO, at walt.ordway@yahoo.com

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The L.A. County Fire Department is again teaching the free 20-hour basic
Community Emergency Response Team course on the Peninsula. If you are
not already CERT-trained, this is a great opportunity for all Peninsula hams.

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PVARC is proudly co-sponsoring HAMCON, the 2011 ARRL Southwest Division
Convention at the Torrance Marriott Hotel during September 13-15. There’s a
discount for early registration.
HAMHAMA

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HAMHAMA

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Captions to photographs and other illustrations in this month’s QRO.
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Page 1: A full page photo of the Pt. Vicente Lighthouse and the ocean has the caption: “We’re at the Pt.
Vicente Lighthouse on <strong>August</strong> 19-21 for International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. All club members
and their families/guests are cordially invited to our annual Lighthouse picnic on Sunday, <strong>August</strong> 21, noon
to 3:00 pm.
Page 2: The photo shows PVARC’s antenna trailer tower and the caption says: “Fog rolling into PVARC’s
trailer tower at Ridgecrest Intermediate School during Field Day 2011. PHOTO: MATT ORLICH, WA6AJC”
Page 3: A large text box contains the first page of PVARC’s Field Day operating results that were submitted
to the ARRL.
Page 4: A large text box contains the second page of PVARC’s Field Day operating results submitted to the
ARRL.
Page 5: Two illustrations on the bottom right have the caption: Any ideas what these are? (Answers on
page 8). Bottom illustration says, “Yes, it’s a VW van--but what’s on the roof? PHOTO: KENNETH
HIRSCHBERG, K6HPX.”
Page 6: The photo at bottom of the page is an aerial view of the Point Vicente Lighthouse, with indications
where the club’s picnic will be held.
Page 7: There are two columns of tabular listings indicating all the countries and their lighthouses
registered to participate in this year’s International Lighthouse Weekend. At the bottom is a photograph of
a lighthouse with the caption, “Official logo of 2011 ILLW. Photo of St. <strong>August</strong>ine, FL, Lighthouse © GARY
MARTIN .”
Page 8: A text box lists all the new members who joined PVARC this year. At the bottom, the circuit
diagram from page 5 is shown again with the caption: “This is a Low pass filter (7-element Chebyshev) that
rolls off at 30 MHz. If you said it was a filter, you get 90% credit. Hopefully the engineers in our group got
this right!” The vehicle photograph from the bottom of page 5 is shown again with the caption, “Really:
It’s a 40-meter “portable” magnetic loop antenna.”
Page 9: There are four photographs of ham shacks that have extensive visible wires and cables. The
caption near the top says, “Does your ham shack have more visible wiring than these?”. The bottom
caption says: “PHOTOS: EHAM.NET (TOP LEFT); W4LGH.COM (ALL OTHERS). “
Page 10: A text box lists the major prizes at HAMCON 2011. An illustration at the bottom of the page is
the HAMCON 2011 logo.
Page 11: The PVARC logo appears at the bottom left of the club’s calendar of events for 2011.
Page 12: A small tabular section on the bottom left contains the club’s monthly financial report.
Pages 13 through 17 are full page announcements for various programs or events. Page 13 is the club’s
membership application. Page 14 is an announcement for Walt Ordway’s next ham radio license classes
beginning September 24. Page 15 is an announcement for Community Emergency Response Team training
in Rolling Hills Estates, also beginning September 24. The illustration on this page is the CERT logo. Page
16 is an announcement for the 2011 HAMCON convention. The illustration is the HAMCON logo. Page 17
is the HAMCON registration form and also contains an illustration of the HAMCON logo.
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